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Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century,

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_MSC_05
Author: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Date: 1701 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Kerala State, Malappuram district, Ponnani (?)
Present Location: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Other
Color of the Script: red
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 20 x 14 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 13
Technique: written
Instrument: brush
Ink: black ink (composition unknown)

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: kāf bowl; final mīm; medial ligatures
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Conventional - V shaped; Conventional - underpinning; Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed; alif - elongated vertical shaft; alif - rounded head oriented leftwards
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - slight top serif; lām - elongated vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); Kaf - two elongated parallel strokes; top arm thin diagonal stroke with serif; Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top arm long diagonal stroke; initial /medial compact form rounded body; sword-like top arm with serif
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with left hook

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending; wāw - thick angular oblique tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long thick angular oblique tapered tail; rā'/zā' - long oblique tapered tail, hairline ending; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke; straight diagonal to left
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl extending upward over baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl; short bowl; elongated straight bowl on baseline; bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - elongated curvilinear flattened ascending bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles; broken horizontal strokes
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline; initial slightly inclined to left; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); final one-eyed with long backward stroke; final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft; final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft and backward stroke; isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle with thin right stroke
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: diagonal tail (40°-45°); closed eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript hamzah (nabrah) for medial/final kāf

Other

additional characteristics: Medial jīm, ḥā’, and khā, forms an oblique thick stroke falling slightly below the baseline

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_05a
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_05b
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_05c
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_05d
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_05e
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public